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by Adrienn Sztana-Kovács “Youth is eternal.” How true is this statement? Does student life actually change? Let us get a glimpse into it, and into an interesting education program, in 1930s Hungary. University student hostels were very important spaces for third...

Andrea JacobsUniversity of Winchester Was it a question mark or a hammer and sickle that the students of King Alfred’s College carved into the face of the nearby chalk down in the mid 1950s? Those interviewed for the Alumni Voices project at the University...

Annual Conference of the History of Education Society (UK) Liverpool Hope University 20th-22nd November 2015 Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Ruth Watts, Emeritus Professor of History of Education, University of Birmingham Dr Claire Jones, Teacher and Honorary...

By Ken Clayton The church had a very close relationship with, and a tight control of English education from its inception in the sixth or seventh centuries until the 1640s. The decline in influence was slow to start with: first came the dissolution of the...

By Pavel BilichenkoInvestigating the original historical pedagogical experience in the activity of the distinguished enthusiasts of the world education development in period of 19th – beginning of the 20thcenturies is of great scientific interest for us.My research...

By C E Hastings"My auntie and the headmistress tried as best they could, with smiles and toffee, to shield me from their rising anxiety, but I could feel it bouncing off the quick sideways glances they shot each other and taking flight like some dark, winged creature...

IntroductionIn 2015, the History of Education Society will fund the second annual Peter Gosden Fellowship. The purpose of this Fellowship will be to build upon the achievements associated with the first Fellowship, in terms of establishing a higher public profile for...

By Charlotte Rochez - @cdrochez The 2014 History of Education Conference was held at Bewley’s hotel, Dublin. The hotel was an ideal location for a conference for the society given its interesting history, and many delegates enjoyed discussing the building’s...

By Suzanne Manning ~ @slmanning1When my first child was about 10 months old, I met a woman in a nearby park. She asked me what early childhood services I would be taking my daughter to; at that stage, I had no idea. So she launched into her spiel...

by Helen YoungI’m currently undertaking ESRC doctoral research into the history of the small rural schools of Scotland. Focusing on the period 1872-2000, I’m exploring a number of themes (including gender, citizenship and the nature of rurality) with an...